Caption

Bones of presumably a moa, photograph, page, c. 1853 - in or before 1863, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 264 mm x width 193 mm, Photo at the back., walker and runner birds, A sepia-toned photograph showing an arrangement of bones on a dark background, featuring a long segmented spinal column centered vertically with paired rib bones fanning outward in the lower half, a partial pelvic bone near the middle, two long leg bones positioned on either side with smaller slender bones adjacent to them, a series of smaller vertebrae and fragmentary bones clustered toward the bottom, and scattered small bone fragments surrounding the main elements.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B01_127

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.0Mb (6.3Mb) / 11.2in x 19.4in / 3364 x 5818 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bones presumably moa photograph page c 1853 - 1863 photographer paper albumen print height 264 mm x width 193 mm Photo back walker runner birds sepia-toned photograph showing arrangement bones dark background featuring long segmented spinal column centered vertically paired rib bones fanning outward lower half partial pelvic bone near middle two long leg bones positioned side smaller slender bones adjacent them series smaller vertebrae fragmentary bones clustered bottom scattered small bone fragments surrounding main elements